US drone 'shot down over Somalia'

Mogadishu, 19 Oct-(ANA)-Islamist insurgents say they have shot down a US spy drone off the southern coast of Somalia.

An al-Shabab official said the drone had been hit by anti-aircraft guns and had gone into the Indian Ocean near the port of Kismayo.

The claims could not be independently verified.

US forces last month launched a helicopter raid in southern Somalia and said they had killed a senior al-Qaeda suspect who was working with al-Shabab. (ANA)

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